Some of the family of the murdered former FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko have been having a very tough time in their temporarily adopted home of Italy, where police have raided and shut down their business, asylum papers blocked, and other harassment – leaving them to assume that Silvio Berlusconi may have a hand in it as a favor to his friends in Moscow.  Luke Harding of the Guardian reports:

On 31 October 2009 police burst into the restaurant at 12.45am, complaining of “loud music”. Tatiana says the last guests had left at midnight and the family were quietly clearing up. The police demanded to see the Litvinenkos’ papers. When Tatiana told them her documents were in her flat, a short walk away, one policeman grabbed her roughly by the arm, she says. “I struggled free. He then chased after me and pushed me from behind. I smashed my head on the marble floor. I lost consciousness.” She says she suffered concussion. “I felt groggy for days. I had to see the doctor.”